Dr. Jason Jaskolka
Associate Professor, P.Eng.
- Ph.D. (McMaster)
- 6206 Canal Building, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
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Biographical Notes
Dr. Jason Jaskolka received his Ph.D. (2015), M.A.Sc. (2010), and B.Eng. (2009), all in Software Engineering, from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His doctoral research focused on the modelling and analysis of covert communication channels in distributed multi-agent systems.
Prior to joining Carleton University, he was a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), where he worked on cybersecurity assessment for critical infrastructure systems. He also held postdoctoral positions at the McMaster University Centre for Software Certification and at St. Francis Xavier University.
Dr. Jaskolka is a licensed Professional Engineer registered with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the ACM. From October 2018 to October 2020, he served as an ad hoc member of Health Canada’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Digital Health Technologies.
Research Interests
Dr. Jaskolka leads the Cyber Security Evaluation and Assurance (CyberSEA) Research Lab. His research focuses on the systematic and rigorous evaluation of the security of software-intensive systems, with an emphasis on understanding the impacts and consequences of cyberattacks and system failures to support the design of trustworthy and resilient systems in domains such as critical infrastructure, industrial control systems, and cyber-physical systems, as well as emerging technology contexts.
His research interests include:
Cyber Security Evaluation and Assurance
- Cybersecurity impact and consequence analysis, focusing on the effects of attacks and system failures
- System-level threat modeling, identifying vulnerabilities, attack surfaces, and critical security requirements
- Risk-informed vulnerability analysis, linking weaknesses to system-level outcomes and decisions
- Data-driven evaluation and assurance methodologies, supporting evidence-based assessment
- Security metrics and risk measures, enabling objective and meaningful evaluation
- Standards and regulatory compliance, aligning systems with established security frameworks
- Compositional assurance cases, supporting modular and incremental evidence-based justification
Engineering Secure and Trustworthy Software-Dependent Systems
- Secure and dependable system design, informed by risk and impact analysis
- Resilient system architectures and design patterns, supporting robust software-intensive systems
- Security requirements engineering, derived from system-level threats and risks
- Trade-off analysis in security and dependability, balancing competing system concerns
- Model-based system engineering and analysis, supporting structured design and evaluation
- Formal specification, verification, and validation, ensuring security and dependability properties
- Tool-supported security analysis across the SDLC, enabling continuous and automated assessment
Awards
- Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED) Research Achievement Award (2024)
- Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award (2023)
- Carleton University Teaching Achievement Award (2023)
- Carleton University New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)